Speaking the incomprehensible God : Thomas Aquinas on the interplay of positive and negative theology /
Rocca, Gregory P., 1949-
Speaking the incomprehensible God : Thomas Aquinas on the interplay of positive and negative theology / Gregory P. Rocca. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2004. - 1 online resource (xxv, 412 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
A brief survey of negative theology in the hellenistic and patristic traditions -- God's dual incomprehensibility in Aquinas -- Aquinas' Via negativa -- Analogy in Aristotle -- The various meanings of analogy in Aquinas -- The unity and diversity of analogy as a web of predication -- Analogy as judgment in Aquinas -- Aquinas and the existence of God the creator -- Aquinas' crucial theological truths -- Aquinas' positive theology of the divine names -- The distinction between the reality signified and the manner of signification -- Conclusion : speaking the incomprehensible God.
9780813216485 9780813215747
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Thomas, d'Aquin, saint, 1225?-1274.
God (Christianity)--Knowableness--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
God--Knowableness--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Electronic Books.
BT98 / .S643 2004
Speaking the incomprehensible God : Thomas Aquinas on the interplay of positive and negative theology / Gregory P. Rocca. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2004. - 1 online resource (xxv, 412 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
A brief survey of negative theology in the hellenistic and patristic traditions -- God's dual incomprehensibility in Aquinas -- Aquinas' Via negativa -- Analogy in Aristotle -- The various meanings of analogy in Aquinas -- The unity and diversity of analogy as a web of predication -- Analogy as judgment in Aquinas -- Aquinas and the existence of God the creator -- Aquinas' crucial theological truths -- Aquinas' positive theology of the divine names -- The distinction between the reality signified and the manner of signification -- Conclusion : speaking the incomprehensible God.
9780813216485 9780813215747
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Thomas, d'Aquin, saint, 1225?-1274.
God (Christianity)--Knowableness--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
God--Knowableness--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Electronic Books.
BT98 / .S643 2004